ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2014
The anti-obesity effects of green tea in human intervention and basic molecular studies.
Review in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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92 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 235 citations in OpenAlex.
- A comprehensive insight into effects of green tea extract in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2021Pooled it
- Diet Therapeutics Interventions for Obesity: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of research in health sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary Polyphenols-Important Non-Nutrients in the Prevention of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
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- Matcha green tea beverage moderates fatigue and supports resistance training-induced adaptation.Nutrition journal · 2023Trial
- The effects of the Green-Mediterranean diet on cardiometabolic health are linked to gut microbiome modifications: a randomized controlled trial.Genome medicine · 2022Trial
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- Does green tea extract enhance the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise on fat loss?British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Trial
- The safety of green tea extract supplementation in postmenopausal women at risk for breast cancer: results of the Minnesota Green Tea Trial.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2015Trial
- Contribution of Phenolic Acid Profiles to the Anti-Adipogenic Activity of DifferentBiomedicines · 2026Article
- Herbal adjuvant therapy with a combination of Green Tea, Persian Borage, and Purslane to reduce antipsychotic-induced weight gain in Schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial.Avicenna journal of phytomedicine · 2026Article
- EGCG and Taurine Synergistically Ameliorate Lipid Metabolism Disorder by Modulating Gut Microbiota and PPARα/FAS Signaling Pathway.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Protective role of Hsian-tsao ethanol extract against body fat, serum lipid profiles, and hepatic lipid profiles in high-fat diet-fed rats.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2025Article
- Associations between green tea drinking and body mass index, serum lipid profile and prostate-specific antigen in a Ghanaian population: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Green Tea: Current Knowledge and Issues.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Potential Benefits of Green Tea in Prostate Cancer Prevention and Treatment: A Comprehensive Review.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Review
- Association of Serum Bile Acid Profile with Diet and Physical Activity Habits in Japanese Middle-Aged Men.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Obesity-Associated Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
Many researchers have reported that obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, several forms of cancer (such as breast, colon and prostate), pulmonary, osteoarticular and metabolic diseases in the past decades. Recently, the hypolipidemic and anti-obesity effects of green tea in animals and humans have slowly become a hot topic in nutritional and food science research. This review will up-date the information of the anti-obesity effects of green tea in human intervention and animal studies. During recent years, an increasing number of clinical trials have confirmed the beneficial effects of green tea on obesity. However, the optimal dose has not yet been established owing to the very different results from studies with a similar design, which may be caused by differences in the extent of obesity, dietary intake, physical activity intensity, the strength of subjects' compliance to test instruction, the genetic background of populations, body composition and dietary habits. Therefore, further investigations on a larger scale and with longer periods of observation and tighter controls are needed to define optimal doses in subjects with varying degrees of metabolic risk factors and to determine differences in beneficial effects among diverse populations. Moreover, data from laboratory studies have shown that green tea has important roles in fat metabolism by reducing food intake, interrupting lipid emulsification and absorption, suppressing adipogenesis and lipid synthesis and increasing energy expenditure via thermogenesis, fat oxidation and fecal lipid excretion. However, the exact molecular mechanisms remain elusive.
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